M0005685: A member of the Ekpe Society in the costume of Ekpe, a spirit who presides at society ceremonies, southern Nigeria

Date:: 23 September 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/46/96

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        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005590-M0005690WT/D/1/20/1/46
        M0005685: A member of the Ekpe Society in the costume of Ekpe, a spirit who presides at society ceremonies, southern NigeriaWT/D/1/20/1/46/96

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M0005685: A member of the Ekpe Society in the costume of Ekpe, a spirit who presides at society ceremonies, southern Nigeria. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced November 2021: An Ekkpe or Egbo; Ejagham Ekoi, South of Nigeria

Description

Reproduction of two photographs of a member of the Ekpe secret society dressed in the costume of Ekpe (also known as Mgbe). The photographs were published in Talbot, P. A.: The peoples of Southern Nigeria: a sketch of their history, ethnology and languages, Volume III, London: Oxford University Press, 1926. Copies of the book images were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10940 and PHO 10941).

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23 September 1938

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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This item is fragile. Please consult the digitised version. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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